"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."
Edmund Burke
Business Angel is a public institution that was established in Alytus in 2002. Following the demise of the planned economy, there was a lot of opportunities for, but little experience with, establishing private businesses in Lithuania. Business Angel was founded in order to help people with little theoretical and practical knowledge about private business, to prepare business plans and evaluate their business ideas realistically.

Alytus is the sixth largest city in the country, the biggest regional economic, administrative, cultural and educational centre of Southern Lithuania. It occupies 40 square kilometres with more than 68 thousand inhabitants. Alytus lies on the banks of the river Nemunas, the biggest river in